Professor of Management Information Systems and the Lindback Distinguished Chair of Information Systems, La Salle University: Founded in 1863 in the City of Philadelphia with over 50 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs.

Key Career Highlights: He has served as Chairman of the Management Department, Director of the Center for Technology and Management, and the Executive Director of the E-Commerce Institute. He has been a Faculty Fellow in Aeronautics and Space Research at the NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, developing Group Decision Support Systems for the Space Shuttle Program and Johnson Space Center, developing Intelligent Decision Support Systems for Human Exploration of Mars at the Mission Control Center. In 2005, he was awarded the prestigious Space Act Award by NASA.

Academic Degrees: Dr. Tavana holds an MBA, a PMIS, and a PhD in Management Information Systems and received his Post-Doctoral Diploma in Strategic Information Systems from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Key Scholarly Activities: He is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Applied Decision Sciences and has published over 35 scholarly articles in journals such as Decision Sciences, Interfaces, Information Systems, Information and Management, Computers and Operations Research, Journal of the Operational Research Society, and Advances in Engineering Software, among others.